Gene Pritsker – Gene & the Strings (2024) [FLAC 24bit/48kHz]

Gene Pritsker – Gene & the Strings (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:00:41 minutes | 666 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Composers Concordance Records

“Mischief-maker and cultural blender-in-chief, Pritsker is a serious artist, yet much of his work is witty and irreverent.” Anyone can draw a mustache on the Mona Lisa, but few musicians draw it as artistically and creatively as Gene Pritsker.” – Raymond Tuttle, Fanfare Magazine

“The shape-shifting Gene Pritsker is one of the only composers who continues to break down the barriers that still exist in the sometimes water-tight compartments that industry marketers revel in.” – Raul d’Gama Rose, All About Jazz

“Composer Gene Pritsker writes here with all the colors of the musical history rainbow, and this is a very good cross-genre collection of work.”..”This is a wild, eclectic (obviously) mix of music.” – Stephanie Boyd, American Record Guide

‘Intending to make music dangerous again.” – Sequenza21Composer Gene Pritsker has written over 950 compositions to date. Strings are a big part of his work, this album demonstrates some of Gene’s compsotions that explore the various sounds of string instruments. From solo violin compositions performed by Lara St. John and Machiko Ozawa to string quartets performed by the CompCord String Quartet and Kahlo String Quartet to music for multiple strings inducing compositions for 3 violin, 5 violins and 2 electric guitars. The album also combines various string sonorities including violin with classical guitar and violin with electric guitar. Two of the composition combine hip-hop with strings. The piece ‘Loss Occupied Part 2’ features an r&b voice, Gene as rapper, track and 5 violins and the composition ‘Loosing All Hope’ is for rapper, string quartet and track. The eclectic nature of Gene’s compositional style can be heard throughout the 16 track album, but the sound of string instruments makes it a cohesive whole.

“My music is extremely eclectic, for me music has no bounds – I view the world of music as one big genre. My motto for my art is ‘ending the segregation of sound vibration.’” – Gene Pritsker

Tracklist:

1-1. Lara St. John – Iguana (04:18)
1-2. William Anderson – Ennui (Live) (05:10)
1-3. Lynn Bechtold – Neat Suite: I. Fast (01:13)
1-4. Lynn Bechtold – Neat Suite: II. Choral (02:06)
1-5. Lynn Bechtold – Neat Suite: III. Finale (00:40)
1-6. Machiko Ozawa – Tango in V: No. 1, Vivaldi (03:42)
1-7. Warren Nicholson – Refugee Blues: II. — (Live) (03:03)
1-8. Sabina Torosjan – ReAbsorbed (Live) (04:49)
1-9. Machiko Ozawa – Tango in V: No. 2, Vaughan Williams (04:24)
1-10. Kahlo String Quartet – Deal with the Devil (Live) (06:53)
1-11. Lynn Bechtold – Loss Occupied: Pt. 1 (02:12)
1-12. Gene Pritsker – Loss Occupied: Pt. 2 (02:48)
1-13. Machiko Ozawa – Tango in V: No. 3, Verdi (04:04)
1-14. Gene Pritsker – In Memory of Joseph Pehrson (06:17)
1-15. Gene Pritsker – Losing All Hope (03:54)
1-16. Gene Pritsker – In Memory of Sean Satin (05:02)

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